St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-08
couldn't raise steam in ten minutes.
They are sharp set, amt they?"
YNOT'S BUDGET.
He Has Many Pleasant Things to
Say About the Boys.

He Has Many Pleasant Things to
Say About the Boys.
j. Fl. Chamberlain, the veteran tea
man, is back again with the P. FL. Kelly
Mercantile company. He has been in
the exclusive tea trade for twenty-One
years. Five of these years he has spent
with p. III. Kelly on the road. He has
built up an enormous trade, and covers
VAST territory. He is very gentle
manly man, and ought to be very sue
ceSsful.
l.. j. Bohn, with Hall, Bersback &
Co., Chicago, is West again, making his
usual tour and selling lots of goods.
HerepreSents large house and travels
In three states and one territory. Quite
spread for young man. He reports
an unusual trade in mustache cups this
year.
Bert Sawyer, the travelling elevator,
was seen at Verndale one day this week,
accompanied by his trick dog. One day
last week he was showing lot of adj
miffng travellers the fine base ball quail
tiles of his pet by tossing up a IS gold
piece and letting him catch it in his
mouth. The money disappeared, and
he has been leading the dog around
with string ever since. Bert used to
be landlord once, and was very pop
ular.
Harvey Moore, the versatile repre-
sentative of P. II. Kelly Mercantile
company, has commenced to boycott the
railroads. He has been making trips
week. l am sorry for him. l passed
him the other day on the train when he
was going on foot to t.Cloud, and will
never forget the sad, SorrOwful look
that Illuminated his once cheerful face.
1t is all mistake, Harvey. Come back
on the cars as you used to and be your
old self.
o. F. Strayer, with Miller Bros. &
Fletcher, hardware and cutlery, is max
ing the towns on the Manitoba this week.
He is a member of the Il. r. and l. A.
but says he is not entirely satisfied with
the way members are taken in to the
association. He says any old man who
has travelled for years and is worn out
from constant work and is liable to be
sick good deal of the time can join and
1t will not cost him any more than the
young man who is healthy and very sell
dom sick. He claims to make the aSSo-
citation successful there should be some
distinction in ages.
w. L. Taffinder, with the InSur-
ance Company of Dakota Territory,
headquarters at Sioux Falls. is can
vaSsing Minnesota and Northern Da-
kota. This used to be his old
stamping ground three years ago
and he is making his first trip. Since
that time many are the blo0d-cnrdling
stories he can tell about old times around
Fargo, in the old days when money was
as free as water. He is very fluent
talker and well adapted to his business.
Col. John Smith. with Simmons Hard
ware company. is out on the road again
after spending a week at his home in
Minneapolis. He came out with brand
new cady about three sizes too small for
his head. He says it fitted him all right
when he came in, but has been growing
smaller ever since. When he gets to
Fargo it will look like a thimble on the
head of giant.
Willis Shaw, the grocer, is fitting
around from town to town as usual. He
is one Of,the most rapid men on the
road. He is all over at once. He is a
great home body and puts in all his
spare time there singing lullabies to
the baby.
Art Shattuck, with A. Kelly, Mime
apOlis, was making st. Joe one day this
week with tobacco valet as an escort.
Art is very fond of company. He is a
great society man and can number
among his friends some of the first peo-
pie in the twin cities.